Talk:Ciarán
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[edit] Anonymous edits
I just reverted a change, but mistyped "Ciaran Doherty" in my edit summary. I did check the actual spelling in http://www.google.com/ , and came up with zip. Although I usually assume good faith, this page seems to get regularly vandalized, for whatever reason. — Eoghanacht talk 14:32, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article name
Although I would prefer to entitle this article "Saint Ciaran" (or a variant spelling) when I started it, I first checked Wikipedia naming standards. The article title should only include "Saint" if the person is only recognisable by its inclusion. Perhaps I am wrong in concluding that Ciarán is recognizable without "Saint", but maybe I am right.
Now, I just moved this article back to "Ciarán" from "St Ciarán" because of the above; plus this Wikipedia site states that "St." and "St" should only be used for non-person articles, such as a hypothetical "St. Kieran's Cathedral, Emerald City".
If, after taking this into consideration, the concensus is to move "Ciarán" to "Saint Ciarán", I will not revert it. — Eoghanacht talk 20:42, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
- Nope, this is in the right place. -- Pastordavid 23:08, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Actually, this is a disambiguation page for the name Ciaran, not an article on 1 person named Ciaran. I have changed the page to reflect this. -- Pastordavid 23:16, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Meaning of Ciarán
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Is there a source (or two) for the meaning of the name Ciarán being "Dark Prince"? I know that 'ciar' gets translated as dark. My understanding is also that "án" is the Old Irish diminutive form. On that basis, I understand the "Little Dark One" meaning, but where then does the idea of "prince" come in to the meaning? Is that an accurate meaning for the name?
